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Dar es Salaam, Tanzania — The U.S. government, in partnership with the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), announces the availability of AflasafeTZ, an effective technology to reduce aflatoxin contamination in human food and animal feed. The product was developed by IITA and Tanzania’s Ministry of Agriculture, with support from the United States Agency for ...

By PEPFAR Country Coordinator Brian D. Rettmann | December 1, 2018 Fifteen years ago when the United States President’s Emergency Plan for Aids Relief, or PEPFAR for short, began, HIV was a death sentence in Tanzania as it was in many parts of the world. Today, we are closer than ever to controlling the HIV ...

November 26, 2018: Thank you to Ms. Tike Mwambipile (TAWLA), Ms. Judith Odunga (Former WILDAF coordinator), Ms. Naemy Sillayo (Legal and Human Rights Centre), and Ms. Edda Sanga (TAMWA) for joining us today at the U.S. Embassy in Dar es Salaam to discuss how we can end violence against women and girls! Follow along ...

https://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2018/11/287242.htm Press Statement Heather Nauert Department Spokesperson Washington, DC November 9, 2018 The United States government is deeply concerned over escalating attacks and legislative actions by the Government of Tanzania that violate civil liberties and human rights, creating an atmosphere of violence, intimidation, and discrimination. We are troubled by the continued arrests and harassment of marginalized ...

Dar es Salaam: On November 5, 2018, U.S. Charge d’Affaires Inmi Patterson and Minister of State for Union Affairs and Environment January Makamba launched a five-year, $20 million USD activity to improve large-scale landscape management across western Tanzania. The Landscape Conservation in Western Tanzania activity, funded by the United States government through the U.S. Agency ...